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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
College of San José from the adjacent boat-village, Macao is a 19 by George Chinnery, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a drawing by George Chinnery from 1825 to 1852. It shows Macau’s Inner Harbour with floating Tanka boats and homes. The church and San José College sit on the hill above. Chinnery made two versions of this view. One is on the front, the other on the back of the sheet. Check out more work by George Chinnery next.
The drawing depicts a view of the Inner Harbour in Macau, showing Tanka boats and boat-dwellings along the shore, with the church and College of San José situated on the hill above. It is part of a volume containing 130 drawings made in Macau, Guangzhou, and nearby areas. The work includes a sketch of the same subject on its reverse side. It was bequeathed in 1928 by James Orange as part of an album of 93 drawings by George Chinnery.
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George Chinnery (Chinese: 錢納利; 5 January 1774 – 30 May 1852) was an English painter who spent most of his life in Asia, especially India and southern China.
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